Answer — Exercise 7

You were eager to get here, then.

1. I’ve actually been hanging around in the coffee bar over the road for the last hour.
2. Well, I didn’t want to be late and, you know, first- day nerves and all that.

I’m not the only one who’s being taken on now, then.

1. We’ve been rushed off our feet so it’ll be good to have more people.
2. No. Three or four more are joining in the next couple of weeks.

She’s not in the office that much, then.

1. She comes across as being quite down-to-earth ... the few times we’ve talked.
2. No, she’s here most days, but as I said, I guess we’ve all been so busy that everybody just sticks to their own tasks.